TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
PART A: TNTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTUATISATION
Introduction
Oscar Vilhena, Upendra Baxi ond Frans Viljoen
Chapter 1: Preliminary notes on transformative constitutionalism- Upendra Baxi
Chapter 2: A brief response to Professor Baxi- Theunis Roux
Chapter 3: A global constitution of rights: The ethics, the mechanics and the geopolitics of comparative constitutional law - Conrado Hubner Mendes
Chapter 4: Of selves and others; A reply to Conrado Hubner Mendes- Henk Botha
PART B: OVERVlEW OF THE THREE CONSTlTUTlONS AND APEX COURTS
Chapter 5: Descriptive overview of the Brazilian Constitution and Supreme Court- Oscar Vilhena Vieira
Chapter 6: Descriptive overview of the Indian Constitution and the Supreme Court of lndia
Shylashri Shankar
Chapter 7: Descriptive overview of the South African Constitution and Constitutional Court
Wessel le Roux
Chapter 8: The role and impact of international and foreign law on adjudication in the apex courts of Brazil, India and South Africa- Juana Kweitel, Ranbir Singh and Frons Viljoen
PART C: SPECIFIC RIGHTS AND THEMES
Gender
Chapter 9: The rote of the Brazilian Supreme Court in the implementation of women's rights: Bridging constitutional norms and reality- Daniea lkawa
Chapter 10: Gender justice and the lndian Supreme Court: The post-colonial Project- lndira Jaising
Chapter 11: Gender and transformation in the South African Constitutional Court- Sandra Fredman
Sexual minorities
Chapter 12: On pluralism and its limits: The constitutional approach to sexual minority freedom in Brazil and the way ahead - Samuel Friedman and Thiago Amparo
Chapter 13: A new language of morality: From the trial of Nowshirwan to the judgment in Naz Foundation - Arvind Nairran
Chapter 14: Sexual minority freedom and the heteronormative hegemony in South Africa
Jaco Barnard-Naude
Religion
Chapter 15: Commentary on the constitutional aspects of religious freedom in Brazil
Eloisa Machado de Almeida
Chapter 16: Right to religious recognition in India: A comment - Shyloshri Shankar
Chapter 17: Right to recognition and protection of religion in South Africa - Mtende Mhango
Socio-economic rights: Health and livelihood
Chapter 18: Between usurpation and abdication? The right to health in the courts of Brazil and South Africa - Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz
Chapter 19: Realising the right to health through co-operative judicial review: An analysis of the role of the lndian Supreme Court - Amita Dhanda
Chapter 20: The South African Constitutional Court and livelihood rights - Danie Brand Land
Chapter 21: Finding common ground: Rights arising from land reform in South Africa, lndia and Brazil - Vinodh jaichand
Social movements and apex courts
Chapter 22: Remark on the role of social movements and civil society organisations in the Brazilian Supreme Court - Marcela Fogaca Vieira and Flavia Annenberg
Chapter 23: Swallowing a bitter PIL? Reflections on progressive strategies for Public interest litigation in lndia - Arun K Thiruvengadam
Chapter 24: Social movements and the Constitutional Court of South Africa - Tshepo Madlingozi
PART D: RIGHTS BEYOND THE STATE
Chapter 25: Sovereignty, citizenship and the unversality of socio-economic rlghts - Sommy Adelman
Chapter 26: Human rights beyond the state: Exploring the challenges- David Bilchitz
PART E: JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE
Chapter 27: Reflections of a retired Judge
Justice ZM Yocoob
PART F: CONCTUSIONS
Chapter 28: Some concluding thoughts on an ideal, machinery and method
Oscar Vilhena Vieira, Upendra Baxi ond Frans Viljoen
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